Parturiency \Par*tu"ri*en*cy\, n.
Parturition.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
parturiency
n : concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to
the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
[syn: labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail,
childbed]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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